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Tag: Living with Industry

‘Death stars on sinking land’: How liquefied natural gas took over the Gulf Coast

The U.S. is now the world's top exporter of LNG. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price --through pollution, noise, and destruction of this area's longtime way of life.
by Lylla Younes and Jake Bittle August 6, 2023 Updated February 27, 2026

LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated

High-tech camera detects plentiful methane leaks outside the first Gulf Coast liquified natural gas export terminals. That creates concern about the additional 20 terminals planned nationwide.
by Sara Sneath July 31, 2023 Updated August 9, 2024

Louisiana’s new fossil-fuel plants have no trouble getting property insurance — despite disappearing policies for state residents.

Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
by Taylor Kate Brown for Floodlight July 24, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Groups seek federal intervention for LNG company they deem air permit offender

by Joshua Rosenberg May 26, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Behind The Lens Episode 203: ‘They wanted to go after the grannies in the River Parishes’

Pam Radtke from Floodlight talks about how industry is pushing back against local opposition groups, Lens reporter Nick Chrastil speaks about Louisiana's incarceration rates and reporter Marta Jewson talks about a daycare run by a closing charter school group.
by Carolyne Heldman May 12, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Report: Maps show Louisiana plants disproportionately located near Black communities

by Halle Parker for WWNO May 10, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Nonprofit: Greenfield owes $200 million in property taxes for grain elevator project

by Joshua Rosenberg April 10, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023
St. James Parish

Lawsuit: Buildout of industrial facilities in Black areas of St. James Parish is discrimination

by Joshua Rosenberg March 22, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Bill would end eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines

Fears of explosions prompt CO2 pipeline bill.
by Terry L. Jones for Floodlight March 13, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

Greenfield misses initial $4m payment in Port agreement

The company’s controversial $400 million grain elevator project is behind schedule.
by Joshua Rosenberg February 27, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

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